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Percy Mumbulla Percy Mumbulla i(A32972 works by) (a.k.a. Percy Mumbler)
Born: Established: 1890 Wallaga Lake, Narooma - Bermagui area, Far South Coast, South Coast, New South Wales, ; Died: Ceased: ca. 1991
Gender: Male
Heritage: Aboriginal Yuin ; Aboriginal
(Storyteller) assertion
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1 In Remembrance of Our People Percy Mumbulla , 1997 single work prose Indigenous story
— Appears in: Travelling with Percy : A South Coast Journey 1997; (p. 23)
1 My Own Natural Way Percy Mumbulla , 1997 single work prose Indigenous story
— Appears in: Travelling with Percy : A South Coast Journey 1997; (p. 21-22)
1 In This Country Percy Mumbulla , 1997 single work prose Indigenous story
— Appears in: Travelling with Percy : A South Coast Journey 1997; (p. 17-19)
1 You're Trespassing Percy Mumbulla , Lee Chittick (interviewer), 1997 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Travelling with Percy : A South Coast Journey 1997; (p. 13-15)
1 The Old Camping Area Percy Mumbulla , Lee Chittick (interviewer), 1997 single work interview
— Appears in: Travelling with Percy : A South Coast Journey 1997; (p. 5-11)
1 4 y separately published work icon The Whalers Percy Mumbulla , Roland Robinson , Bronwyn Bancroft (illustrator), Pymble : Angus and Robertson , 1996 Z928631 1996 single work picture book children's This is a story of the orca, the largest of the dolphin family. Known as killer whales, the orcas' relationship with the Aboriginal whalers of Twofold Bay has become legend. Man and orcas were partners in the same chase, herding whales to their bloody death at the end of a harpoon spear. (Libraries Australia)
1 1 y separately published work icon Minah : A Poem in Four Parts Percy Mumbulla , Roland Robinson , Bronwyn Bancroft (illustrator), Pymble : Angus and Robertson , 1995 Z1003934 1995 single work picture book children's

'Whenever I used to see one of those old fellers going off with a spear for murrung - fish - I'd watch him. I'd run after him. I was only a little feller but I had a sense to follow and learn how to do all those things." Not everyone has someone to look up to and learn from in their life. But for this little boy, Uncle Abraham is that special person. this is about Minah, Uncle Abraham, shows how the passing down of knowledge can help keep memory alive. ' (Publication summary)
1 Billy Bulloo i "Old Billy Bulloo was a clever old man.", Percy Mumbulla , Roland Robinson , 1989 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Nearest the White Man Gets : Aboriginal Narratives and Poems of New South Wales 1989; (p. 41)
1 Uncle Abraham, Whose Blackfeller's Name was Minah i "Every time I lie down alongside a river", Percy Mumbulla , Roland Robinson , 1989 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Nearest the White Man Gets : Aboriginal Narratives and Poems of New South Wales 1989; (p. 36-40)
1 The Bugeen i "You know, there's a bugeen around here.", Percy Mumbulla , Roland Robinson , 1989 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Nearest the White Man Gets : Aboriginal Narratives and Poems of New South Wales 1989; (p. 32)
1 The Little People i "Wathagundarls. They're the little people.", Percy Mumbulla , Roland Robinson , 1989 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Nearest the White Man Gets : Aboriginal Narratives and Poems of New South Wales 1989; (p. 31)
1 Ejenak, the Porcupine i "This little porcupine, Ejenak, whistles", Percy Mumbulla , Roland Robinson , 1989 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Nearest the White Man Gets : Aboriginal Narratives and Poems of New South Wales 1989; (p. 29)
1 The Bunyip i "Old Billy Poddam was a real bugeen, a clever", Roland Robinson , Percy Mumbulla , 1989 single work poetry
— Appears in: Selected Poems 1989; (p. 43-44) Fivefathers : Five Australian Poets of the Pre-Academic Era 1994; (p. 85-87) Australian Poetry Since 1788 2011; (p. 351-352)
1 Bees i "Abraham's Bosom was the name", Percy Mumbulla , Roland Robinson , 1970 single work poetry
— Appears in: Altjeringa and Other Aboriginal Poems 1970; (p. 28) The Nearest the White Man Gets : Aboriginal Narratives and Poems of New South Wales 1989; (p. 10-11) The Macmillan Anthology of Australian Literature 1990; (p. 105)
1 Captain Cook i "Tungeei, that was her native name.", Percy Mumbulla , Roland Robinson , 1970 single work poetry
— Appears in: Altjeringa and Other Aboriginal Poems 1970; (p. 29-30) The Jindyworobaks 1979; (p. 140) The New Oxford Book of Australian Verse 1986; (p. 179) Rattling in the Wind : Australian Poems for Children 1987; (p. 124) The Nearest the White Man Gets : Aboriginal Narratives and Poems of New South Wales 1989; (p. 43) Fivefathers : Five Australian Poets of the Pre-Academic Era 1994; (p. 84-85)
1 Doolargarl Dulagal Percy Mumbulla , 1969 single work biography
— Appears in: Aboriginal Myths and Legends : Age Old Stories of the Australian Tribes 1969; Nourishing Terrains : Australian Aboriginal Views of Landscape and Wilderness 1996; (p. 24)
1 The Whalers i "My old Uncle Brierly was the best whaler that ever", Percy Mumbulla , 1961 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 4 January vol. 82 no. 4221 1961; (p. 19-20) The Age Monthly Review , September vol. 5 no. 5 1985; (p. 12) The Nearest the White Man Gets : Aboriginal Narratives and Poems of New South Wales 1989; (p. 33-35) Selected Poems 1989; (p. 44-46)
1 Jarrangulli i "Hear that tree-lizard singin' out,", Percy Mumbulla , Roland Robinson , 1961 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 11 January vol. 82 no. 4222 1961; (p. 39) Australian Letters , September vol. 6 no. 3-4 1964; (p. 56) Grendel 1967; (p. 13) Altjeringa and Other Aboriginal Poems 1970; (p. 21) The Jindyworobaks 1979; (p. 138-139) The Nearest the White Man Gets : Aboriginal Narratives and Poems of New South Wales 1989; (p. 28)
1 Gold and Grog and Pretty Stones Percy Mumbulla , Roland Robinson , 1961 single work short story
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 4 January vol. 82 no. 4221 1961; (p. 21)
1 The Surprise Attack i "Old Fred Freeman was tellin' me about", Roland Robinson , Percy Mumbulla , 1960 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 7 September vol. 81 no. 4204 1960; (p. 16) Altjeringa and Other Aboriginal Poems 1970; (p. 50) Selected Poems 1989; (p. 30) The Nearest the White Man Gets : Aboriginal Narratives and Poems of New South Wales 1989; (p. 42)
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